Cameron Young

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Young had eight birdies, with five of those coming on the front nine, and no bogeys to get off to an impressive start at the tournament. Cameron Smith, Ernie ...

Earlier in the day, Ernie Els was tied with Smith and McIlroy for second place. In fourth place, Lee Westwood is in a six-way tie with amateur Barclay Brown, Kurt Kitayama, Brad Kennedy, Victor Hovland and Paul Casey at 4 under. One of the most exciting weeks in golf in recent years is here, with the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews. One of the most exciting weeks in golf in recent years is here, with the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews. Young had eight birdies, with five of those coming on the front nine, and no bogeys to get off to an impressive start at the tournament. Rory McIlroy holds the sole spot in second after birdieing the final hole to shoot a 6-under 66.

Rory McIlroy makes strong start at St Andrews as golfers enjoy good scoring conditions.

But a double-bogey on the 12th and three other dropped shots saw the Waterford golfer sign for a one-over 73. Lowry got back to level for the day thanks to birdies at the fifth, ninth and 10th holes. His first bogey of the day came at the 13th but he bounced back at the par-five 14th with a birdie to get back to five under before finishing with a three at the last.

Open Championship 2022 Day 1 Recap: Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods Chasing Cameron Young. Tiger Woods double bogeyed his first hole at the 2022 Open Championship and sits ten strokes off the top spot on the leaderboard ...

Tiger is T-129 on the leaderboard as of 11:15 a.m. ET on Thursday. Young, McIlroy and Smith sit on top the 2022 leaderboard at St Andrews. Xander Schauffele, the fifth ranked golfer in the world, finished at three-under par and is tied for tenth. Pre-tournament favorite Rory McIlroy currently sits alone in second place after completing his first round with six strokes under par.

ST ANDREWS, July 14 — Cameron Young of the United States stormed into the clubhouse lead in the first round of the British Open today after shooting an ...

An opening-round 64 gave the PGA Tour rookie an early lead on Day 1 at the Open, and it could have been lower.

Of course, what awaits might not be as arduous as what Young encountered at the Old Course years back. I feel like I've been around, even though it's only been most of the year, I've been around the lead a good bit, and I think we'll just take tomorrow as it comes. And as the past decade or so has shown, golf is no longer in the midst of a youth revolution; the revolution has been won. Young knows a lot of steps remain between now and Sunday night, and they won’t be as easy as Thursday. That was just something that we as a team decided was probably best for my golf." "I haven't won anything, and that was just something that could change to kind of exhaust all my options to see what I could do better. "I think any time you're around the lead in a major championship, or any PGA Tour event, frankly, you get more and more comfortable every time," Young said on what he learned from Southern Hills. "Whether I'm leading by three or one or four back after today, I'll sleep just fine. But an ugly three-putt—is there any three-putt that isn’t ugly?—followed. He lipped out for birdie on the following hole, and a birdie attempt at the 16th from six feet didn’t come close. He atoned for these misses with a nifty lag from 90 feet at the Road Hole and cleaned up what remained for 4, then drove the 18th green and converted a seven-footer for a closing birdie. “Don’t think I played a perfect round of golf,” Young said. If you’re not familiar with Young, let us be the first to congratulate you on waking from your year-long coma. Young eventually cooled off, but that early heater has him atop the yellow boards at St. Andrews after a first-round eight-under 64.

In his British Open debut, Young plotted his way around the course in a gentle breeze and finished with a long two-putt birdie for an 8-under 64 for a two-shot ...

He was just inside the top 500 in the world a year ago. He has been around the game long enough to realize not to get too far ahead. Now he is No. 32, thanks to four top-three finishes, including at the PGA Championship, where he finished one shot out of a playoff at Southern Hills. But he three-putted for par on the 14th. He drove over the green on the par-4 12th, pitched back to 8 feet and holed it for birdie to reach 7-under par. “You could play every day here for a year and you would just scratch the surface of what you can know about this place. “So when we came out to hit our first tee shots with the R&A building right there, there were a bunch of R&A members presumably watching. “My dad asked for permission to play from the back tees. Young, whose father is the longtime pro at Sleepy Hollow in New York, first came to Scotland in 2010 when he was 13. But in his short time back at St. Andrews, he learned enough about where to go and how to play the centuries-old course to get by just fine. “Any time you set foot on the first tee or 18th green or anywhere, there’s just no hiding how special of a place it is,” Young said. He’s not even sure he played his best for his opening round.

Cameron Young shot 64 Thursday morning at the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews. See the clubs the American used.

The Open Championship leader wanted to make sure that people understood his success story wasn't as surprising as it may look on paper.

He was in contention at the PGA Championship and is now out in front at The Open. "I lived on the lower course out there," Young explained. He shot a bogey-free round and carded a sterling 64 to put him at 8 under for the tournament.

Cameron Young has one of the best swings in golf, and he seized the early lead at the 2022 Open Championship.

“It meant he had pretty good mechanics from a young age. “Anybody who wants to get good at golf, they should make them play hockey,” he says. “Obviously there is also lots of hand-eye coordination and physical fitness stuff that comes with playing other sports but is hard to train.” In fact, it has the opposite to do with golf. It all started with his father and coach David Young, the head professional at Sleepy Hollow Country Club and an accomplished player in the MET section PGA in his own right. Young has come in for a lot of plaudits this season, and for good reason.

By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The first time Cameron Young played the Old Course at St. Andrews was one of his best moments in ...

He was just inside the top 500 in the world a year ago. He has been around the game long enough to realize not to get too far ahead. Now he is No. 32, thanks to four top-three finishes, including at the PGA Championship, where he finished one shot out of a playoff at Southern Hills. “You could play every day here for a year and you would just scratch the surface of what you can know about this place. But he three-putted for par on the 14th. He drove over the green on the par-4 12th, pitched back to 8 feet and holed it for birdie to reach 7-under par. “So when we came out to hit our first tee shots with the R&A building right there, there were a bunch of R&A members presumably watching. But in his short time back at St. Andrews, he learned enough about where to go and how to play the centuries-old course to get by just fine. Young, whose father is the longtime pro at Sleepy Hollow in New York, first came to Scotland in 2010 when he was 13. A record score at St. Andrews on a good day for scoring was within reach. “Any time you set foot on the first tee or 18th green or anywhere, there’s just no hiding how special of a place it is,” Young said. He's not even sure he played his best for his opening round.

McIlroy is two shots off the lead after carding a 6-under par 66 on day one.

“So when we came out to hit our first tee shots with the R&A building right there, there were a bunch of R&A members presumably watching. That’s really my first memory of here.” I think that’s something you have to do, if I remember correctly. “I came with my parents in 2010 so I would have been 13,” Young said. “On the 4th hole yesterday during my practice round, I made a swing with my driver and started to feel pain in my lower back,” Rose wrote on Twitter. We played here, the New, the Old. We played Kingsbarns, Carnoustie, Gullane, Crail; I’m probably missing one or two.

Cameron Young, the 25-year-old PGA Tour rookie from Westchester, is leading the British Open.

“I think it’s a very unique experience compared to what we’re used to in the States. Yeah, I have a lot of good memories from that trip from playing in the rain and the wind and the cold. But I think there’s a picture of me hitting there with a bunch of those guys watching. I feel like I’ve been around, even though it’s only been most of the year, I’ve been around the lead a good bit, and I think we’ll just take (Friday) as it comes. “I mean, it might change how I feel on the first tee a little bit (Friday), but I’ll forget about it very quickly.” “So, when we came out to hit our first tee shots with the R&A building right there, there were a bunch of R&A members presumably watching. I think that’s something you have to do, if I remember correctly.

American Cameron Young led the way amid predicted low scoring on the first day of the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews but favourite Rory McIlroy was ...

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Rory McIlroy continued to eradicate his first-round hoodoo in majors after making a strong start to his bid for a fifth major title at The 150th Open.

"I think we worked our way around the golf course really well," Young said. That's really all I can control." It might change how I feel on the first tee a little bit tomorrow, but I'll forget about it very quickly. Tomorrow's an important run, just to go out and back up what I've done today." "I was maybe trying to be a little bit too cute with the second shot on 13, but apart from that, missed it in the right areas, areas where you can get it up-and-down from. "I think that's important to do.

Rory McIlroy made a glorious return to St Andrews as a six-under par 66 left him two shots back of the lead in the 150th Open Championship.

“So when we came out to hit our first tee shots with the R&A building right there, there were a bunch of R&A members presumably watching. “I came with my parents in 2010 so I would have been 13,” Young said. Lee Westwood recovered from an early double-bogey to shoot 68 along with Barclay Brown, the young English amateur who plays out of the same club as US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick.

A reporter clearly didn't do much research before asking the British Open leader about his background.

To reiterate, Cameron Young is not from the streets of New York. He grew up one one of the best golf courses in the country. He's not a country club kid in the true sense of the definition, but he literally lived at a country club all through his childhood. But hey, don't let the facts get in the way of a good story! If you watched any of those events—especially the PGA—you would be aware that Young's dad, David, is a PGA professional. He's the longtime head pro of Sleepy Hollow Country Club, a historic C.B. Macdonald track that's No. 62 on Golf Digest's latest list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses. NBD. And mind you, it's been a pretty well-documented background with him contending in so many tournaments during his rookie season, including the PGA Championship in May.

American Cameron Young led the way amid predicted low scoring on the first day of the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews but favourite Rory McIlroy was ...

Poulter’s round had begun inauspiciously as he almost missed the widest fairway in golf, pulling his mid-iron well left across the 18th fairway before his ball finished just a couple of yards short of the out of bounds line which borders The Links road on the fringe of the course. Ever the showman Poulter milked the applause, standing with his hand up to his forehead peering into the distance in the direction of where his ball had disappeared into the hole. He then reeled off three successive birdies from the fifth, where he picked up a shot despite his drive losing some yardage after hitting a stone marker in the middle of the fairway which designates the original boundary of the course.

PGA Tour rookie Cameron Young shot a bogey-free, 8-under-par 64 Thursday to establish the early lead at The Open Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland.

Woods hit his second shot on the opening hole out of a divot. At the 18th, he left an 84-foot eagle putt inches to the right of the cup for his final birdie. “And then made a few putts early, which kind of set the tone for the day. The two-time Open champion from South Africa made double bogey and wrapped up a 2-under 70. In Young’s debut at The Open, he came up one shot shy of tying the lowest first-round score in championship history. Seven of Young’s eight birdies came over the first 12 holes.

American opens with eight-under 64 as Irish golfers enjoy more good than bad in round one at St Andrews.

I think it’s going to be difficult for everyone, trying to figure it out the best you can as you go,” said the Waterford golfer who had a 73 and faces some work if he can manage to survive the cut and continue his impressive run of finishes on the Majors this year. In his case, it came on the drivable par-four 12th where a drive as straight as an arrow found the wickedly placed pot bunker in the middle of the fairway. For Shane Lowry and Séamus Power, there were elements of disappointment with their rounds but also the belief that all has not yet been lost. So too, Tiger Woods. The 15-times Major champion, a two-time winner over the Old Course, started his round with a double-bogey – dumping his approach into the burn – and wearily finished out for a 78. A missed short putt on the 16th for bogey was followed by an exceptional up and down from the rough on the Road Hole and then a four-footer for birdie on the last. “It was hard going those last couple of holes, all the stopping and starting.

PGA Tour rookie Cameron Young made his Open Championship debut with an 8-under 64 at St. Andrews. Rory McIlroy shot a 66 and is in second after the first ...

"Xander and I talked about it. Scheffler tried to explain just how fast the links were playing by suggesting the ball was rolling faster on the fairways than on the greens. "It's the way the golf course is set up. He has had one of the better rookie seasons on the PGA Tour, and the 25-year-old New Yorker is not the least bit daunted by the stage. McIlroy looked free as ever at St. Andrews, his first time back for the Open since 2010. Young played smartly and took advantage of the birdie chances. Defending champion Collin Morikawa struggled with his putting and had a 72. "The way the golf course is designed ... to get better angles and better lines, you've got to hit across all the fairways. Just two months ago, he contended into the final hour of the PGA Championship until finishing one shot out of a playoff. "It's the fiddliest Open that I've played. "OK, the 18th at Carnoustie was like a runway, that fairway. Young and McIlroy didn't have to contend with as much wind in the morning, though St. Andrews has seen far stronger gusts over its centuries of golf.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The first time Cameron Young played the Old Course at St. Andrews was one of his best moments in golf. The most recent one was ...

He was just inside the top 500 in the world a year ago. He has been around the game long enough to realize not to get too far ahead. Now he is No. 32, thanks to four top-three finishes, including at the PGA Championship, where he finished one shot out of a playoff at Southern Hills. But he three-putted for par on the 14th. “You could play every day here for a year and you would just scratch the surface of what you can know about this place. He drove over the green on the par-4 12th, pitched back to 8 feet and holed it for birdie to reach 7-under par. “So when we came out to hit our first tee shots with the R&A building right there, there were a bunch of R&A members presumably watching. But in his short time back at St. Andrews, he learned enough about where to go and how to play the centuries-old course to get by just fine. Young, whose father is the longtime pro at Sleepy Hollow in New York, first came to Scotland in 2010 when he was 13. A record score at St. Andrews on a good day for scoring was within reach. “Any time you set foot on the first tee or 18th green or anywhere, there’s just no hiding how special of a place it is,” Young said. He's not even sure he played his best for his opening round.